Salt and pepper effect in IOPA is seen in:
Correct Answer: Thalassemia
Description: Intraoral radiographs in some cases reveal a peculiar trabecular pattern of the maxilla and mandible, characterized by an apparent coarsening of some trabeculae and the blurring and disappearance of others, resulting in a salt and pepper effect. In general, thinning of the lamina dura and circular radiolucencies in the alveolar bone are also found.
Shafer's Oral pathology, 7th ed, pg 768
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